Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Annotated TuringCondition: NewEAN: 9780470229057ISBN: 9780470229057Publisher: John Wiley & Sons IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/13/2008Item Height: 227mmItem Length: 155mmItem Width: 19mmItem Weight: 512gLanguage: EnglishDescription: Programming Legend Charles Petzold unlocks the secrets of the extraordinary and prescient 1936 paper by Alan M. Turing Mathematician Alan Turing invented an imaginary computer known as the Turing Machine; in an age before computers, he explored the concept of what it meant to be computable, creating the field of computability theory in the process, a foundation of present-day computer programming. The book expands Turing’s original 36-page paper with additional background chapters and extensive annotations; the author elaborates on and clarifies many of Turing’s statements, making the original difficult-to-read document accessible to present day programmers, computer science majors, math geeks, and others. Interwoven into the narrative are the highlights of Turing’s own life: his years at Cambridge and Princeton, his secret work in cryptanalysis during World War II, his involvement in seminal computer projects, his speculations about artificial intelligence, his arrest and prosecution for the crime of "gross indecency," and his early death by apparent suicide at the age of 41.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Computing & InternetSubtitle: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing MachineAuthor: Charles PetzoldRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Annotated Turing
Title: The Annotated Turing
EAN: 9780470229057
ISBN: 9780470229057
Release Date: 06/13/2008
Release Year: 2008
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Computing & Internet
Subtitle: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computabili
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Name: Annotated Turing : A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine
Language: English
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Machine Theory, Computer Science, Science & Technology
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Subject Area: Computers, Biography & Autobiography
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: Charles Petzold
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
